Best Cornbread With Cranberries Recipes

CRANBERRY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs; mix well. Combine the flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Fold in cranberries., Transfer to a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Bake at 375° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Serve warm.

CORNBREAD WITH DRIED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• *Note: you can mimic the flavor of Trader Joes' brand of orange flavored dried cranberries by stirring about 1/4 teaspoon of orange extract into the batter.
• CORNBREAD: Preheat oven to 375 degrees (190 degree C).
• In a small saucepan over medium low heat, melt [2 tablespoons] of butter and set aside. Cut up the remaining 2 tablespoons butter into an 8-inch cast iron skillet.
• Place pan in oven until it is hot and the butter is melted and sizzling, about 1-2 minutes (Watch carefully!) Using oven mitts, rotate the pan as need to coat bottom evenly with melted butter. Remove from oven.
• In large bowl, whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Make a well in the center. Whisk together the buttermilk, melted butter and beaten egg and pour it into the cornmeal mixture.
• Using a wooden spoon, mix the batter just until it comes together, okay to have some lumps. DO NOT overmix the batter.
• Coarsely chop the cranberries and stir them into the batter. Tip: to make chopping the cranberries easier, wet the knife on both sides. Spread batter evenly into the hot pan.
• Bake at 375 degrees until the top springs back when pressed gently in the center, about 20 to 25 minutes.
• Let cool on wire rack for 5 minutes. Best served warm.
• If desired, spread some of the maple butter onto each slice of cornbread.
• MAPLE BUTTER: Using a heavy-bottomed saucepan over low heat, heat maple syrup until 235 degrees Fahrenheit (soft ball stage on a candy thermometer).
• Stir in butter.
• Pour mixture into a [deep] bowl (use a *deep* bowl to avoid splattering yourself with the hot liquid!), stir in the vanilla extract and beat with electric mixer until thick and creamy, about 4 minutes.
• Keep stored in glass container in the refrigerator.

CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees; butter and flour a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan (8-cup capacity), and set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In a medium bowl, combine butter, egg, and milk. Add wet mixture to dry mixture, and whisk to combine; fold in cranberries.
• Pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle top with turbinado sugar, if desired. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack; let bread cool 30 minutes. Invert onto rack, then immediately turn right side up to cool completely.

CRANBERRY UPSIDE-DOWN CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In 10-inch ovenproof, nonstick skillet, combine cranberries, raspberry spread, 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, orange zest, and orange juice. Bring to a boil over medium-low heat, reduce to a simmer, and cook, stirring frequently, 7 minutes or until berries have popped and sauce is thick.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, stir together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and remaining 3 tablespoons brown sugar. In measuring cup, combine buttermilk, oil, and egg. Make well in center of dry ingredients, pour in buttermilk mixture and stir to combine.
• Pour cornmeal mixture over cranberries. Bake 20 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes in pan, then invert onto plate, scraping any berry mixture that sticks to the pan on top of cornbread. Serve warm or at room temperature.

CRANBERRY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Grease bottom and sides of 8-inch square pan with shortening or spray with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir flour, cornmeal, 1/3 cup sugar, the baking powder and salt until mixed. Add eggs, milk and oil; beat with spoon until mixed.
• In small bowl, toss cranberries and 2 tablespoons sugar until coated. Fold into batter. Spread in pan.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm.

CRANBERRY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Place a rack in the middle of the oven and heat oven to 375 degrees. Place the butter in a 10-inch cast iron skillet, and place the skillet in the oven to melt the butter.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Add the eggs and buttermilk, and whisk until combined.
• Carefully remove the skillet from the oven. The butter should be completely melted. Pour about three-quarters of the melted butter into the cornmeal batter, and stir until combined. Pour the batter into the hot skillet, and sprinkle the cranberries evenly over the top.
• Bake until the cornbread is browned around the edges and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve hot with butter.

CRANBERRY-WALNUT CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°; grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan or spray it with cooking spray.
• Combine cornmeal, flour, brown sugar, salt, baking soda, and orange zest in a bowl.
• Add in the cranberries and walnuts; stir to combine.
• In a small bowl, mix the eggs and buttermilk with a whisk; add to the dry ingredients and pour the melted butter on top.
• Stir just until all ingredients are moistened and thoroughly blended; don't overmix.
• Pour batter into prepared pan; bake in the center of the oven for 35-40 minutes, until cornbread is golden around the edges and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean; let stand for 15 minutes before cutting into thick slices to serve.

CRANBERRY CORNBREAD BITES

Steps:

• Special equipment: a 24-cup mini-muffin tin
• For the cranberry relish: Combine the cranberries, sugar, orange zest, salt and 1 cup water in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries break down and the relish has thickened, about 12 minutes. Let cool completely. The relish can be made up to 3 days ahead and kept refrigerated in an airtight container.
• For the mini cornbread muffins: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 24-cup mini-muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the milk, egg and butter until well combined. Pour the milk mixture into the cornmeal mixture and whisk until just incorporated. Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared muffin cups. Bake until a wooden pick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 12 minutes. Let cool in the tin 5 minutes. Remove from the tin.
• For the cranberry cornbread bites: Stir together the butter and chives in a small bowl. Cut the muffins in half crosswise with a serrated knife. Spread a little of the chive butter on both sides of a muffin. Top the bottom half with a piece of ham. Spoon a dollop of cranberry sauce on top. Sandwich with the muffin top and place on a platter. Repeat with the remaining muffins.

CORNBREAD/SAUSAGE DRESSING WITH DRIED CRANBERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cut cornbread into 1-inch cubes and place in large mixing bowl with 2 tblsp of olive oil.
• Add 2 tblsp of fresh thyme (1/2 tblsp dried) to mixing bowl and toss cornbread to coat.
• Spread the cornbread out on baking sheets and bake at 350 until slightly toasted (about 15 minutes).
• Allow toasted cornbread to cool at room temperature for about 30 minutes, then return to bowl.
• While cornbread is cooling, brown bulk sausage over medium heat until cooked through/lightly browned.
• Use a slotted spoon to remove sausage from frying pan (or drain grease) and add sausage to mixing bowl.
• Heat remaining 2 tblsp of olive oil and butter over medium heat and add onion and celery.
• Saute onions and celery for about 10 minutes.
• Add dried cranberries or cherries to onion/celery and saute for about 5 minutes.
• Fold the mixture into the bowl with cornbread and sausage.
• Add the remaining thyme, sage, parsley to the mixing bowl and toss well with spatula.
• Drizzle the mixture with chicken broth to moisten and add salt and pepper to taste.
• Place into baking pan (s), cover with foil and cook for 25-30 minutes.

CRANBERRY CORNBREAD

Steps:

• 1. Follow box directions. Omit milk, use cranberries and mayo in place of milk. Box directions are as followed:
• 2. Preheat oven 450*F, Grease muffin tin or pie plate, (Cooking spray works well).
• 3. Blend ingredients, batter will be slightly lumpy. (For max. crown on muffins, let batter rest for 2-3 mins. before filling cups) fill 2/3 full.
• 4. Bake 15-20 minutes or golden brown. Test doneness w/toothpick in the center. If it comes out clean then it's done. Allow to cool. Slice and serve.

CRANBERRY CORN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking dish.
• Stir cranberries with 1 tablespoon of sugar in a bowl. Whisk flour, cornmeal, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Whisk milk, eggs, and melted butter together in a third bowl. Pour milk mixture into dry ingredients and stir just until moistened. Stir cranberries into batter; pour into prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until corn bread is golden brown, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool completely in pan before cutting into squares for serving.